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Good day, Habr. I present to your attention a translation of the article: “Artificial intelligence X human brain complexity” by Andre Lisboa. Will technological advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence pose a serious threat to the work of translators? Will linguist-translators be replaced by computers? How can translators adapt to these changes? Will computer translation achieve 100% accuracy within the next […]
Even people far from physics know that the maximum possible data transmission speed of any signal is equal to the speed of light in a vacuum. It is designated by the letter “c”, and it is almost 300 thousand kilometers per second. The speed of light in a vacuum is one of the fundamental physical constants. The impossibility of achieving speeds exceeding the speed of light in three-dimensional space is a conclusion from the Special Theory […]
CrossOver 19.0, a program developed by CodeWeavers that allows you to run many applications written for Microsoft OS, has been released. Windows in the OS Linux и macOSCrossOver is based on the developments of the Wine project. Key changes: Wine 4.12-1 with 5,000 improvements and fixes; the ability to run 32-bit Windows-programs in a 64-bit environment macOS Catalina; FAudio 19.10; Python 3 support. Source: linux.org.ru
The author of the popular set of PPA repositories jonathonf, in which assemblies of new versions of various programs are formed, has limited access to some PPAs in protest against the policies of companies that use the labor of enthusiasts to implement commercial projects and act like parasites, only consuming the results of other people's work, without any -or giving on your part. Jonathon F is offended that they are trying to manipulate him […]
Wizards of the Coast announced Magic: Legends and a new game in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, Dark Alliance, at The Game Awards 2019. The latter is just the beginning of a wave of D&D projects. Wizards of the Coast President Chris Cocks spoke about this. As Cox told GamesIndustry, Wizards of the […]
Moon Studios Game Director Thomas Mahler told ResetEra users that the team is aiming to achieve 120 fps in Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Xbox Series X. On a well-known forum, Mahler revealed that the team is discussing the idea of creating a version of Ori and the Will of the Wisps that supports 120 Hz on Xbox Series […]
Sharkoon has officially unveiled the RGB Lit 100 and RGB Lit 200 computer cases, which were showcased earlier this summer at Computex 2019. These new mid-tower cases feature an all-black finish and tempered glass side panels. They support Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX, and ATX motherboards. The cases differ in the front panel design […]
SamMobile reports that Samsung will soon update its relatively affordable Galaxy M Series smartphones. Specifically, the Galaxy M11 (SM-M115F) and Galaxy M31 (SM-M315F) are reportedly in the works. Unfortunately, there's not much information about their specifications yet. Storage capacities are known to be 32GB and 64GB, respectively. […]
The official position of the Program Committees of Highload++ and other IT conferences on claims against Igor Sysoev and Maxim Konovalov The attack on Igor Sysoev, an outstanding programmer and creator of Nginx, a product distributed under a free license, that is, available to everyone for free use and study of the source code, is blatant a fact of aggression against the entire industry. We express our support to Igor, and want [...]
The events of recent days force us to state our position on the news surrounding the Nginx project. We at Yandex believe that the modern Internet is impossible without an open source culture and people who invest their time in developing open source programs. Judge for yourself: we all use open source browsers, receive pages from an open source server that runs […]
On December 7, 2009, ONYX BOOX e-readers officially arrived in Russia. That's when MakCenter became the exclusive distributor. This year, ONYX celebrates its 10th anniversary in the domestic market. To commemorate this milestone, we've decided to look back at the history of ONYX. We'll explore how ONYX products have evolved, what makes the company's e-readers sold in Russia unique, and how the market […]
While talking with a friend, I suddenly discovered that kids in grades 8-10 at his school aren't taught programming at all. Word, Excel, and that's it. No Logo, not even Pascal, not even VBA for Excel. I was very surprised, opened the internet, and started reading—One of the goals of a specialized school is to help raise a new generation responsible for […]